Promotion and Prescription of Physical Activity and Exercise

Ready to take your rehab and training skills to the next level? This two-day, hands-on course with Dr Grant Mawston and Dr Peter McNair dives deep into cutting-edge methods to assess and enhance strength, endurance, and aerobic capacity.

Learn to:

• Use affordable tech for accurate strength testing
• Apply blood flow restriction training safely and effectively
• Incorporate low-level plyometrics early in rehab
• Test and prescribe aerobic fitness using submax and max tests
• Harness ventilatory thresholds for smarter training plans
• Interpret force plate data to guide rehab and injury prevention
• Master techniques like autoregulation, drop sets, French contrast & Legeard routines
• Overcome arthrogenic inhibition for better muscle activation
• Set up affordable video feedback for movement analysis

Theory meets practice—walk away confident, capable, and ready to integrate advanced tools and techniques into your everyday clinical work.

This course covers the assessment of physical activity levels, exercise testing and ways to effectively prescribe physical activity and exercise for individuals ranging from inactive to those involved in competitive sports.

Presented by:
Dr Grant Mawston and Dr Peter McNair
Date: 23 – 24 Aug 2025
Time: Registration 8:30am Saturday, 9am – 4pm.
Venue: AA127, AA Building, AUT North Campus, Akoranga Drive, Northcote, Auckland.

Cost:
SEPNZ members $425, please click here for the discount code.
PNZ members $510
Non-PNZ members $640
Cost includes lunch and online course manual.

This course is suitable for:
Physiotherapists wanting to improve their knowledge and skills in assessment and prescription of physical activity and exercises in a clinical environment. This course also provides important background information for those considering university postgraduate study.

What the course will cover:
The course will provide a combination of lectures, practical demonstrations, practical assessments and case studies and will cover the following topics:

• • The effects of injury, disuse, and ageing on muscle and cardiorespiratory performance
  • Exercise risk screening and goal setting
  • Behavioural strategies to enhance exercise engagement
  • Assessment of strength, power and aerobic systems following injury, chronic illness and aging
  • Strength, power and cardiorespiratory training following injury, chronic illness and aging
  • High intensity interval training protocols
  • Using technology for exercise assessment and training
  • Return to sport tests

NOTE: Registration will be limited to the first 20 paid registrants